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New York Law Journal

'Unfair and Illogical': Defense Lawyers Say Queens DA's Office Is Dragging Its Feet on Discovery Reform

The Legal Aid Society said Queens is behind the city's other boroughs in implementing discovery reforms. But spokesperson for the Queens DA's office said they are using electronic processing to get materials into the hands of defense lawyers expeditiously.
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The Recorder

Plaintiffs Lawyers Want $2.05M Sanction Against Gibson Dunn and Facebook

Plaintiffs lawyers asked a federal judge to impose a $2.05 million sanction in fees and costs against Gibson Dunn and its client, Facebook, for discovery misconduct in the Cambridge Analytica cases.
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Statewide DAs' Group Seeks Additional Money for Discovery, Checking Gun Violence

DAASNY said it wants the governor to provide essential funding to prosecutors to return New York to its position as a national leader in public safety.
5 minute read

Connecticut Law Tribune

6 Months for Pattis; 3 for Reynal? Judge Weighs Suspension of 2 Attorneys

"Pattis has failed to acknowledge wrongful nature of his conduct in this disciplinary proceeding," the memorandum of law stated. "Pattis did email plaintiffs' attorney advising of the disclosure and indicating that 'responsibility for it falls on my shoulders.' But, Pattis did not accept responsibility in this disciplinary proceeding and elected to remain silent, invoking his fifth amendment right against self-incrimination."
4 minute read

Law.com

'Abusive Conduct' Puts Seyfarth Shaw, Stryker on the Hook for Combined $70K in Discovery Sanctions

"Defendant and its counsel considered related cases fair game for abusive litigation tactics," U.S. District Judge R. Brooke Jackson said in August. "Following their lead, I consider the related case fair game for sanctioning their abusive litigation tactics."
7 minute read

The Recorder

Judge Chastises State Bar for Discovery Delays in Case Against Joe Dunn

State Bar Court Judge Yvette Roland questioned the state bar's responsiveness to former executive director Joe Dunn's discovery requests.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Is a Company Permitted To Transfer PI From Europe to the US for a Discovery Request?

The EDPB has stated that the transfer must be "occasional," and expressly recognizes that data transfers for the purpose of formal pre-trial discovery procedures in civil litigation may fall under this derogation.
9 minute read

Legaltech News

From Alex Jones to Clarence Thomas: What's Behind These Inadvertent Dropbox Disclosures?

Another Dropbox blunder led to the release of private emails in the investigation of the Jan. 6 riots, begging the question: Are file sharing platforms lawyers' kryptonite?
6 minute read

Legaltech News

Best Practices for Handling Special Files in eDiscovery: Proprietary Applications and Documents

While eDiscovery has mastered the processing of standard documents over the years, files created by proprietary software require a more complex approach to get them into readable format.
5 minute read

Law.com

Law.com Litigation Trendspotter: Under Pressure From Backlogs, Judges Have Zero Patience for Discovery Delays

Right now may be the worst time in history to try a judge's patience with misconduct, unresponsiveness and petty squabbling during the evidence-gathering stage of a case.
7 minute read

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